The Jinan team is ready to leave.  This time tomorrow, the team will be boarding the plane landing in China.  Direct your thoughts toward the team as we prepare for a good night of rest and get ready for the trip waiting for us.  Thank you again for your support!

Part of our team will be departing in two days and the rest of us will depart the following day.  We will all meet in Beijing for a short night then off to the airport for our flight to Daqing.  Our host has everything ready for us and our team is equally prepared for what we expect to be a great camp.  Our host shared today that there may be students attending our camp from the nearby city of Harbin.  ...read more »

Today we heard from our Chinese host as to some of the things coming up for the Tieling Camp.

We will be having opening ceremony on the night of the 29th. Our host told us that we will have about 80 students ranging in age from seven years old to 17 years old.

Lots of exciting things planned for the Tieling camp. This is the first time for Bridging The World to hold a camp in this city so it will be interesting the reception and reaction we receive from the locals.

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Chronicles of Baoji Entry 2

Five days now before Team Baoji finally assembles in China to begin the adventure known to us at this time as Camp Baoji.  Head teachers and assistants have been planning the morning lessons for the students and are ready to assist the students in developing vocabulary, fluency, and confidence in conversing in English. ...read more »

The New Bridge Camp is ready to go!  In less than two weeks we will all be traveling to Beijing to start teaching conversational English to 200 Chinese students.  Everyone is busy packing  their teaching plans and goodies as we invest in the lives of the Chinese students coming to New Bridge.  Twenty four teachers are arriving in five different airplanes on the 12th and 13th of July.  Charissa is already in China and will be arriving by train.  By Friday evening, July 13th, all ...read more »

TieLing Camp update on what the camp site will be like: 

We are planning on about 100 students ages 12 and up. We have been informed there is a large athletic field with an outdoor stage for opening and closing ceremonies.

The unusual thing that will happen to our American team is that we have been told that we will be the first foreigners in this city; so it will be interesting to see how the Chinese will react to us. ...read more »

Planning has moved into afterburner after Chris and Woody's  visit to New Bridge this week.  The school wants evening activities and lots of them.  The American  team is getting ready for  many events including Find The American, a game where the Chinese students try to ask questions of the American teachers  to determine 'unique' facts about each of us.  It will be on Monday night after our arrival.  We also will do the Crazy Camera Scavenger Hunt on Tuesday,  another exciting Challenge Night where all of the students challenge each ...read more »

Hey 2012 Summer Team Kathy M has posted a few questions on the “Forum” page. Please login and give some help and answers to the questions she has.

This would greatly help Kathy and also maybe stir up some further discussion about camp.

Plans are well underway for the exciting morning classes at New Bridge. There are eight classes scheduled and all of the teachers are in full swing preparing beginning, intermediate and advanced students. The teachers have taken the lead and are contacting each other and THINKING with each other in order to have a successful English Summer Camp. Keep up the good thoughts and remember what our purpose is all about! ...read more »

Bridging The World is planning on holding its first summer English Camp in Tieling in Northeast China. We will have 15 Americans participating in this camp. The American team comes from six different States - Virginia, North Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania.

We have a very experienced team in the fact that all of the team have participated in the summer camp except for one person, and that one person will have participated in the first session camp this summer. ...read more »